Research Briefing
This Commons Library research briefing provides information about direct financial support for 16-19 bursaries for young people in further education in England. It covers eligibility criteria, the scheme's impact, and includes some background on the predecessor Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) scheme.
Research Briefing
The Government raised the cap on tuition fees for new student to £9,000 in 2012/13 and cut most ongoing direct public funding for tuition in England. This shifted the balance of higher education funding further away from the state and further towards the individual who benefits. Students can take out publicly subsided student loans to pay these higher fees. There is uncertainty about the final size of this subsidy and the Government’s estimate of it has increased considerably since the reforms were first announced. This also affects the size of any saving in public expenditure and the extent of the shift in costs from the state to the individual beneficiary.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library research briefing provides information about the Government's to increase the number of medical school places in England by 1,500, starting from September 2018. This paper has been updated with details of the related Department of Health consultation, which opened on 14 March 2017.
Research Briefing
The briefing sets out the background to Spring Budget 2017 which will take place on Wednesday 8 March 2017. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will publish revised forecasts for the economy and public finances on the same day.
Research Briefing
The Summer Budget 2015 announced that grants would be replace with increased maintenance loans from 2016/17. This change could have an impact on efforts to widen participation in higher education and on long-term public finances.
Research Briefing
This paper analyses the Children and Social Work [HL] ahead of Commons Report Stage. The Bill concerns children in care and care leavers, safeguarding children arrangements, powers for local authorities to test different ways of working, and the regulation of social workers among other matters.
Research Briefing
This note explains the changes to funding for students on NHS funded courses in England, that lead to professional registration as nurses, midwives, or other allied health professionals as announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015. From August 2017 NHS bursaries which provide tuition fee funding, grants and living cost support, will largely be replaced by funding through the standard student support package of loans. The paper provides background to the changes.
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the subject of education funding in Devon on Wednesday 18 January 2017 in a Westminster Hall debate called by Sir Hugo Swire MP. This page provides some background information on reforms to school funding in England and potential impacts for local areas, including East Devon. It also provides links to relevant press articles and press releases.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper explains the 2016 changes to school performance data, or school 'league tables', in England. It also provides pointers on how to find and interpret school performance data for particular schools, local authorities and parliamentary constituencies.
Research Briefing
The creation of free schools was one of the major education reforms introduced by the current Government. The first 24 free schools opened in September 2011 and this had increased to 425 at the start of 2016/17. More than 200 new free schools have had their applications successfully approved and are expected to open in the future.
Research Briefing
This year’s GCSE league tables will be changed in the most radical way since they were first introduced a quarter of a century ago. Two new headline measures – Progress 8 and Attainment 8 – will be introduced to encourage schools to focus on an ‘academic core’ of subjects and count every increase in every grade
Debate Pack
MPs will debate the Educational performance of boys in Westminster Hall on Tuesday 6 September 2016 at 4.30pm. The debate will be led by Karl McCartney. This House of Commons Library background briefing includes relevant statistics, media comment and parliamentary coverage.
Research Briefing
In September 2012 the Government made significant changes to the student finance system: tuition fees for full-time undergraduate degrees were raised to £9,000 per year, the loan repayment threshold was raised to £21,000 and a new tiered rate of interest was introduced for student loans. In 2015 the Government issued a consultation on freezing the loan repayment threshold for five years. In November 2015 the Government announced in the Spending Review that it had decided to freeze the repayment threshold for all post-2012 loans until at least April 2021.
Research Briefing
This introductory guide provides sources of statistics on education.
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